D.A. DiGerolamo
I write about philosophy, leadership, and history. You can find my work on Medium under DADiGerolamo.
Writer and editor of the publications Arete and The Stoic Within.
Sunday reads. Camus and Horace.
Today’s quick read. A lot of people can learn how to lead by reading this and learning how NOT to lead. Very timely and goes well with How to Be a Leader by Plutarch. Do everyone a favor and don’t be a sucky leader.
What makes a writer eternal? The philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer tells us:
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From François de La Rochefoucauld’s Collected Maxims and Other Reflections.
3 powerful lessons from the pessimistic philosopher François de La Rochefoucauld.
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3 Powerful Lessons from La Rochefoucauld How the pessimist philosopher can teach us to better understand life
My four favorite leadership lessons from Disney’s Bob Iger:
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Lead like Iger Four leadership lessons from Disney’s Bob Iger
Marcus Aurelius on how we degrade our soil.
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The Degradation of Our Soul The Philosopher-King on how we abuse ourselves
“Business, like life, is an inherently messy — lumpy — undertaking. It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that everything your business faces, or every tough job to be done, is a problem. As a leader who cares deeply about the success of your business, it becomes especially easy to confuse a problem with an inconvenience.”
-Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet
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A Top CEO’s Opinion on Shifting Perspective The importance of changing perspective from problem to inconvenience
Weekend read.
Arthur Schopenhauer on what makes an evergreen writer.
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The Making of an Evergreen Writer Arthur Schopenhauer on what makes a writer eternal
Conquer your day like a Stoic.
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7 Key Strategies to Win the Day Stoic Tools to Conquer Your Day-to-Day Life
Seneca on Time, our most precious resource, in his first letter to Lucilius.
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Our Most Precious Resource Seneca on time and our mishandling of it
Latest article.
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2021 Stoic Survival Quotes 5 Marcus Aurelius quotes to help you conquer the new year
Written at the start of the pandemic, this applies more today than 8 months ago.
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Why Now is a Good Time to Build Your Antilibrary As of this writing, the majority of the world is in isolation due to the COVID-19 virus which is sweeping across each continent. This has…